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"Colony Collapse" Nicola Parente has a way of getting your attention. Four years ago, it was with giant mushrooms made of peat moss that sprouted from Art League Houston's patio. The piece, a collaboration with Divya Murphy, was in response to a N...
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Close Up Space The tyrannical senior editor of a publishing house keeps his rebellious teenage daughter in a boarding school, but, expelled for destruction of property, she returns to attack him. Add an assistant whose past excesses with Mary Jane ...
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If you give Bret Michaels credit for one thing, make it consistency. Plastic surgery and the relentless march of age aside, he looks like he could've stepped straight off the set of the "Something to Believe In" video. His go-to outfit for the last 2...
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- all kind of big movies in a summer ahead that promises more blockbusters than obscure indie films.
To help you plan your dance card we've outlined what's coming up from late May to mid-August including films such as Monsters University , a prequ...
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The Setup:
On May 24 and 25, Psophonia Dance Company presented Taking Flight at City Dance Studios. Flight marked a christening of sorts, as it was the first fully produced dance concert to be held in the space .
The Execution:
Psophonia Da...
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Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior and Ta'rea Campbell both have pipes to spare in Sister Act The set-up:
If you've seen the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie, this slick Broadway adaptation of Sister Act will come as no surprise. If you've ever seen a...
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The poet Kahil Gilbran is quoted as saying: "Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is Eternity." The sanctity of marriage and its eternal bond is celebrated in many shapes and forms. For some cultures, ma...
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Cover Art for Murder Ballad 's World Premiere Cast Recording The edgy sung through rock opera is not a novel conceit. Neither is a murderous love triangle. Audiences have seen both done many times before; however the critically acclaimed Murder ...
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When Greg Ruhe was young becoming a professional puppeteer was not on the agenda. But 25 years later this is exactly what he does. Ruhe's puppets may not be what you expect. Yes, in his school workshops he does work with more traditional puppets, sha...
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Beginning next week, Theatre Under the Stars is bringing the 1980s classic dance film Flashdance to the stage. The movie is about a wannabe ballerina who cuts her chops as an exotic dancer by night and works as a welder by day. Despite that seeming...
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Houston Press Voice Daily Deal: Style Edition. Today's Voice Daily Deal is good for 54 percent off on a bubble necklace from Bella Sweet Boutique --that's $18 for $39, in your choice of eight colors. Voucher expires on 11/27/13, and cannot be redee...
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We like The Numbers Station with John Cusack as a black ops agent who's on the rebound from making a serious mistake in the field. He's been assigned to guard a code operator (Malin Akerman) at a secret CIA outpost. Things get complicated when ...
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David Wald as Steve embraces his boss, Editor Paul Barrow played by Rutherford Cravens
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In Close Up Space , the senior editor of a publishing house, an office tyrant, has kept his rebellious teen-age daughter in a series of academi...
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iMEE Artistic Director Spencer Gavin Hering rehearsing his new work, heart vignettes. Since arriving in Houston three years ago, infinite Movement Ever Evolving (iMEE) has presented stunning contemporary ballet that has awed audiences with innov...
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Literally speaking we imagine these costumes are really hot on the inside.
Check out all of our Comicpalooza 2013 adventures: Day 1: Talkin' 'Bout Geek Education , Day 2: Let's Get Dangerous , and Day 3: Fear of a Black Dalek .
With anothe...
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Doctor Who if it had been an American institution instead of a British one, complete with American actors as the famous Time Lord. It was a good bit of what-if that I'm still very proud of.
Recently, I had some fans ask me to revisit the concept on...
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Macbeth for its final play this season.
Theater co-founders Lehl and wife Kim Tobin will play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (their first time acting together in a while) and David Matranga who's been all over Houston's stages this season (even opera) ...
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The Houston Museum of Natural Science's just-opened, 10,000 square foot Hall of Ancient Egypt exhibition wing may be new but the museum's commitment to the subject is not.
"We have had an Egyptian exhibit in one form or another going back at least ...
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DeQuina Moore comes back to Houston for Flashdance, the Musical Alex, the dancing girl with big dreams from Pittsburgh, is coming back to Houston in Flashdance, the Musical , the play derived from the 1983 hit movie (starring Jennifer Beals a...
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The Hates' Christian Kidd and his wife Alexis were also at Comicpalooza Gentle readers, and commenters, I have made a dedicated effort in this year's coverage to not make my reports exclusively Doctor Who related because lots of amazing stuff fr...
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